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1、2019高考英语二轮练习资料：阅读理解01含解析(五 )A(2017二模，A)French tourist outsmarts Dutch thiefAMSTERDAMA quickthinking French tourist outsmarted a Dutch thief after the thief tried to seize his bag, Amsterdam police said Wednesday.After winning a brief tugofwar over the sports bag, the 27yearold tourist ran into a nea
2、rby police station with the thief in hot pursuit.The thief“realized too late he had run straight into the_long_arm_of_the_law”，police spokeswoman Wilma Verheij said of the incident，which took place Tuesday.After it dawned on the thief, a 28yearold man whose identity was not released, said that he wa
3、s in the middle of a police station, so he tried to run away again. But he was quickly caught by officers and arrested，Verheij said.Liz Taylor remains hospitalizedLOS ANGELESHeart trouble is keeping Elizabeth Taylor hospitalized in Los Angeles for some time, but her publicist says the 78yearold actr
4、ess is OK and has been visiting with family and friends.Taylors spokeswoman Sally Morrison said in a statement Tuesday that the twotime Oscar winner is comfortable at CedarsSinai Medical Center and“there has been steady improvement in her condition” since she was admitted last week.Taylor is being t
5、reated for symptoms of heart failure, a condition she revealed in November 2004.“Her medical team is satisfied by her progress to date, and it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days. For now, she will remain under their care in the hospital for continued monitoring，” Mo
6、rrison said. “Friends and fans around the world should be convinced that Elizabeth Taylor is in good health and receiving the best possible care from her skilled and devoted doctors and nurses.”Morrison described Taylors condition as stable but offered no other details. Japan halts(暂停) whale hunt af
7、ter chase by protestersTOKYOJapan has halted its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from a campaign group. Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society，a USbased environmental group, have been chasing the Japanese fishing ship.Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 but Japan uses
8、a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.Iceland and Norway have claimed official objections to the ban and continue to hunt commercially.“Putting safety as a priority, the ship has halted scientific whaling for now. We are currently considering what to do，” Tatsuya Nakaoku, an offici
9、al at the fisheries agency, told Reuters news agency.The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says one of its boats has been blocking the ship loading ramp(斜梯) ，preventing any hunted whales from being loaded on to the ship. “Every whale saved is a victory to us, so weve gotten a lot of victories down h
10、ere this year，” Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson told Reuters news agency by satellite phone from the Steve Irwin ship.本文为三则新闻。1The underlined part“the long arm of the law”refers to _ in Amsterdam.A. a travel agency B. a policemanC. a police station D. a police spokeswoman答案：C。词义猜测题。从画线短语的上段段尾的polic
11、e station可推测出答案为C。2What can we know about Elizabeth Taylor from the news?A. She has been suffering from heart illness for some years.B. She will go back home in a day or two.C. She is feeling quite well in hospital.D. She will receive her Oscar Award in the hospital.答案：A。事实细节题。从第二则新闻的第3段可知，自2004年11月
12、以来Taylor就患了心脏病，故A项正确。从倒数第2段中的“it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days”，可知B项错误；文中自始至终没有提到Taylor自己的感受，故C项错误；由第2段容可知Taylor是两度奥斯卡奖得主，而不是将在医院接受颁奖，故D项错误。3Which of the following is NOT true?A. Japanese fishing ships go to the Antarctic for whale hunt every year.B. Iceland an
13、d Norway will not stop hunting whales.C. Commercial whale hunt has been banned for about twentyfive years.D. Japan will not hunt whales any more.答案：D。事实细节题。文中只是说日本的捕鲸船被暂时阻止，而没有信息说明日本将不再捕鲸，故D项符合题意要求，为正确答案。从该新闻的第2段可知自1986年以商业为目的的捕鲸禁令颁布以来，日本依然以科研为借口继续捕鲸，故A项是正确的；从第3段可知B项正确；从第2段捕鲸禁令发布的时间是1986年可推知C项正确。综上所
14、述，A、B、C不符合题干中的NOT true的要求。 B(2017二模，B)“Choo，Choo！”Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.The
15、 Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French，it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in
16、the world.Did you know that the British and the French had a race while they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994.The completed Chunnel cost about $21 billio
